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TRANSCRIPTION BOXES Filed July 25, 1952 I; """mnn Lime/.53 E: PosrEL, MAQ/p/v M 1 057151., INVENTORS ATraQA/E Y- TRANSCRIPTION BOXES Charles E. Postel and Marion W. Postel, Los Angeles, Calif., assignors to Herman F. Miller, Los Angeles, Calif., doing business as stenotype Company of California Application July 25, 1952, Serial No. 300,876

1 Claim. (Cl. 120-29) The present invention has for an object the provision of a transcription box adapted to hold stenotype copy strips. As is well known, stenotype copy paper constitutes an elongated narrow sheet of paper folded in zigzag form to provide what are called copy strips. As a rule, the strips are maintained in a pile, and as the strips are used, the strips are returned to folded pile form.

An object of the invention is to provide a transcription box adapted to hold a folded pile of inscribed copy strips, and which copy strips may be brought progressively into an upright position by the transcriber and held in such position during a transcription.

A further object is the provision of a transcription box for a folded pile of stenotype copy strips so constructed and arranged as to permit the pile to lie flat within the box when the box is closed.

The invention contemplates a box provided with a leaf or tongue which may assume an angularity relative to the box for the purpose of holding transcription strips in position to be readily observed by the transcriber, and an object of the invention is to so relate the leaf or tongue to the box that when the leaf or tongue is closed within the box that the same will overlie a pile of said transcription strips, the leaf or tongue automatically positioning itself in the box so as to assume a position substantially parallel with the base of said box, and likewise to accommodate its position in accordance with the pile thickness as the thickness of the pile increases.

Other objects include a transcription box which is inexpensive in cost of manufacture, of pleasing appearance, eificient in operation, and generally superior to transcription boxes now known to the inventors.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the transcription box, the parts being in closed relationship,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the box shown in Figure 1 in open position,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the transcription box shown in Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the transcription box shown closed and holding a folded pile of stenotype copy strips,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional View of the box when opened with one of the elements inclined upwardly for holding folded sections of the copy strips, and,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale, on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Referring now with particularity to the drawing, the transcription box includes a case 1 and cover 2, the case 1 provided with a base 3, side walls 4 and 5, and end walls 6 and 7, the cover having a top 8, side walls 9 and 10, and an end wall 11. The side walls 9 and 10 are extended beyond the base end, as shown at 12 and 13, and hinged to the side walls 4 and 5 of the case by pins designated generally as 14. Thus, the cover is provided with an end wall 11, while the opposite end is unwalled. The end walls 6 and 11 of the case and the cover are United States Patent 0 provided with concavities 15 and 16. These concavities permit the fingers to engage the end walls to open the box. Both the box and cover are provided with openings in the base and top, respectively, adjacent the end walls, as shown at 17 and 18. These openings function as inspection windows for the interior of the box. A leaf or tongue 19 is formed at one of its ends with a knuckle 20 adapted to receive the journal portion 21 of a crank, which crank, in addition to the journal portion, includes webs 22 and 23 terminating in pins 24 and 25, the pins being received in transverse openings of the side walls 4 and 5 of the case. The leaf or tongue 19 is recessed along its longitudinal edges, as shown at 26 and 27, and outstanding from the plane of the leaf or tongue and in right angular relationship thereto and adjacent the longitudinal edges of the tongue, is a pair of extensions or clips 28 and 29.

It is to be observed that the journal 21 of the crank lies adjacent the end wall 7 of the case (see Figure 3), and that the leaf or tongue 19 is reduced in transverse width at the end portion which connects with said crank so that the portion of reduced transverse width may lie between the Webs 22 and 23 without any mutual interference therebetween. Furthermore, viewing Figure 3, it is to be noted that the leaf or tongue is of lesser longitudinal length than that portion of the case included between its end walls.

In Figure 4, we have shown at 30, a folded pile of stenotype copy or transcription strips. As generally understood, these copy strips are folded accordion-like or in zigzag fashion, and the pile shown in Figure 4 is of a dimensional length less than that of the dimensional length of the leaf or tongue 19. Preferably one end of said pile is spaced inwardly from the knuckle 20 and terminates short of the opposite end of said leaf or tongue. It will be observed that the clips 28 and 29 embrace the sides of the pile. See also Figure 6.

The operation, uses and advantages of the invention just described are as follows:

Assuming that a pile of stenotype transcription or copy strips is ready for transcription, and is within the case 1: The leaf or tongue 19 is moved to the position shown in Figure 2, which is to say, inclined upwardly from the case with the lower end portion thereof resting against an edge of the end wall 7 of the case, as shown. As the transcriber types from the inscribed copy strips, the strips are folded against the leaf or tongue and positioned between the clips 28 and 29, being held by said clips in the manner shown in Figure 5. In the event that the transcriber desires to terminate transcription, he first places the transcribed notes in the cover 2, placing the leaf 19 between the last transcribed fold of the copy strips and the first untranscribed fold thereof. When it is desired to resume the transcription, the cover 2 is raised and lowered to the position shown in Figures 2 and 3. The transcribed copy strips are placed in the open cover and the leaf or tongue 19 raised to an inclined position, as in Figure 2. Although the leaf may be supporting some untranscribed notes, the copy strip nearest the leaf will denote the starting position. As a consequence, the transcriber may immediately continue the transcription. After the required thickness of the pile has been received between the clips, the transcribed pile may be passed over the uppermost end of the leaf or tongue 19 and positioned withinthe cover. This, of course, depends upon the thickness of the pile.

It will be noticed from Figure 4 that the leaf or tongue rests against the top strip of the pile and parallels said pile. The crank, which secures one end of said leaf or tongue 19, permits the leaf or tongue to at all times remain in the positions shown in Figure 4, and this regardless of the thickness of the pile. In fact, the pile may be equal to the depth of the "case'without the tongue assumiug any angularity relative to the pile. This is .an portant feature of the invention, and permits the accommodation of folded piles of copy strips of different thickness Within the case. This is further i ll'ustiated'in Figure 5 wherein the crank is lowered so that the knuckle 20 engages the base 3 of the case. As stated, the inspection windows 17 and 18 permit the transcriber to look within the'case todetermine the presence or absence of a.-pile of copy strips.

The device is compact, of n'eat appearance, and functions in an eflicient manner for the purpose intended.

We claim:

A transcription box including a case having a base,

side walls, and end walls, a crank, the pins of "which are secured between the side walls of the case and adjacent the top edges thereof, the said crank having its journal References "Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,293,067 Faulkner Feb. 4, 1919 1,795,690 Waggoner Mar. 10, 1931 1,808,942 Allen June 9, 1931 2,048,259 Greene et al. July 21, 1936 2,102,431 McNamara Dec. 14, 1937 2,344,655 Sullivan Mar. 21, 1944 

